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L - Local Studies and History book collection
. - Main series (octavo)
01 - Physical Aspects
02 - Geology
03 - Natural History
04 - Meteorology
05 - General Works
06 - Directories
07 - Book Trade in Birmingham
08 - Periodicals and Newspapers
09 - Bibilography on all aspects of the history of Birmingham
10 - Religion
11 - Ecclesiology, Church Buildings, Art, Furniture
12 - Monastic Birmingham
13 - Church of England General Histories
14 - Diocese of Birmingham. Archdeaconary of Birmingham
15 - Diocese of Birmingham. Archdeaconary of Aston
16
17 - Roman Catholic Church
18 - Nonconformists Dissenters
19 - Minor Denominations
20 - Social Life
21 - Social Life Special Classes
22 - Customs of Public and Private Life, Pageants, Festivals Ceremonies and Other Customs
23 - Inns, Taverns, Public Houses, Hotels, Hospitaity, customes connected with eating and drinking
24 - Clubs and Societies
25 - Amusements, Recreation, Sports and Pastimes
26 - Circuses, Fair and Similar Shows
27 - Parks, Open Spaces, Public Gardens and Pleasure Gardens
28 - Theatres, Music Halls
29 - Legends, Ghost Apparitions, Hauntings
30 - History of Birmingham Government from ealiest times
31 - City Corporation, The Mayor, Aldermen and Council Collectively
32 - Mayoralty
33 - Aldermen
34 - City Council
35 - Freedom Qualifications, Rights and Duties of Citizens
36 - City Officials and Departments
37
38 - Town Hall
39 - Regional Government
40 - Statistics, Yearbooks of General Statistics
41 - Poor, Life and Labour
42 - Crimes, Offences, Misdemeanours, Juvenile Crime, Special Crimes
43 - Laws, Admisitration of Justice
44 - Markets and Food Supply
45 - Public Health
46 - Medicine Hospitals
47 - Transport, Communication, Traffic Problems
48 - Education, Teaching and Teachers, History and Description of Schools,
49 - Other Services (Gas, Electricity)
50 - Culture in Birmingham
51 - Literary Associations
52 - Literary Associations (Birmingham and Midland Writers Only)
53 - Libraries
54 - Fine Arts, artists, Printing, Sculpture
55 - Music
56 - Architecture in Birmingham
57 - Public Buildings
58 - Domestic Architecture, Household Effecrs, Gardens
59 - Other Cutural Activities
60 - Economic History and Theory
61 - Industrial Organisation
62 - Commerce, Commercial Interests
63 - Finance, Banking, Public Finance
64 - Trades and Manufactures
65 - Engineering and Technology
66 - Chemical and Allied Industries
67 - Manufactures
68 - Specialised Trades and Craftys
69 - Other Industries
70 - History: Sources
71 - History: General
72 - History: Before the Conquest
73 - Histories of Specific Periods
74 - Relations with Foreign Countires. Colonial Relations
75 - Military, Naval and Air History
76 - Political History
77 - Geneaology, Heraldry
78 - Biography
79 - Collections of Portraits, Catalogues of Portraits
80 - Topography and description
81 - Birmingham as described by foreign travellers
82 - Vestiges of Old Birmingham and Midlands
83 - Guides to Birmiongham and Surrounding Country
84 - Maps and Plans
85 - Views, Prospects, Panoramas
86 - Improvement Schemes to 1939
87 - Reconstruction and Redevelopment: 1940s onwards
88 - Conservation, Environment
89 - Particular streets and localites
90 - Parishes
91 - Suburbs and Districs in Warwickshire
92 - Suburbs and Districts transferred from Worcestershie
93 - Suburbs and Districts transferred from Stafforsdhire
94 - Herefordshire
95 - Shropshire
96 - Staffordshire
97 - Warwickshire
178 - A splendid occasion : the Stratford Jubilee of 1769 / by Levi Fox.
179 - The administration of an eighteenth-century Warwickshire parish : Butlers Marston / by Joan Lane.
2387 - The records of King Edward's School, Birmingham : a supplementary miscellany. Vol. 6 / edited by J. Izon.
9633 - Dugdale (Sir W.) Warwickshire : a concise topographical description of the county of Warwick; from the elaborate work of Sir William Dugdale etc. (Coventry) Port. Illus. Map. 1817. History of Birmingham.
13656 - Gem (T.H.) History of the First Warwickshire (Birmingham) Battalion of Rifle Volunteers. 48pp. 1876. Military.
52129 - Field (Rev. W.) Letter to the inhabitants of Warwick, in answer to charges against dissenters at the Chapel in High Street, by the Rev. R. Mller. 2nd edition with Postscript and a letter to the Birmingham Gazette. 40pp. 1791. MILLER (Rev. ROBERT) of Warwick. Works relating to.
52130 - Field (Rev. W.) Second letter to the inhabitants of Warwick, in reply to the Remarks by the Rev. R. Miller and H. Laugharne upon the First Letter, and upon a Letter to the Birmingham Gazette. With a copy of the latter. 52pp. 1791. MILLER (Rev. ROBERT) of Warwick. Works relating to.
57771 - BRACKEN (Miss L.) History of the forest and chase of Sutton Coldfield etc.
61141 - An epitome of the county of Warwick. Containing a brief account of the towns, villages and parishes. With references to Birmingham. 1835. SHARP (THOMAS).
62016 - A Topographical and historical description of the County of Warwick (including a history of Birmingham) Illus. 1820?. BREWER (JAMES NORRIS).
62780 - Remarks upon a letter to the Birmingham Gazette, also upon a letter to the inhabitants of Warwick, by W. Field. By R. Miller and H. Laugharne. (Warwick) 24pp. 1791. MILLER (Rev. ROBERT) of Warwick.
63473 - Magna Britannia; or topographical, historical, ecclesiastical and natural history of Warwickshire with pedigrees of families etc. Map. 1720. COX (Rev. THOMAS).
103776 - A history of Warwickshire. Containing references to Birmingham. With a bibliography. (Popular County Histories) 1889. History of Birmingham.
118998 - ANDREWS (W) ed. Bygone Warwickshire. Ports. Illus.
183867 - West Bromwich. An account of the lectureship, in the Parish of West Bromwich, founded by Walter Stanley, Esq. in the year 1613, including copies of the foundation deed etc. By J. Robins. 90pp.
194411 - A school history of Warwickshire. Containing references to Birmingham. Illus. 1906. WINDLE (Sir BERTRAM COGHILL ALAN).
205044 - Memorials of Old Warwickshire. (Memorials of the Counties of England, Volume 10) Illus. 1908. Dryden (Alice) ed.
238841 - The way about Warwickshire. Illus. Map. 1893. BETTESWORTH, W.A.
249430 - Warwickshire (including a description of Birmingham) Illus. Maps. Plans. (The Little Guides) 1914. COX (JOHN CHARLES).
249882 - Hutton (W.H.) Highways and byways in Shakespeare's country. With illustrations by E.H. New of Birmingham. 1914.
250510 - The Story of Warwickshire (including a chapter on 'The rise of the great manufacturing towns' Birmingham etc.) 1914?. BLOOM (JAMES HARVEY).
313652 - Unkown Warwickshire. Including chapters on Birmingham, Aston Hall, and Aston Parish Church. Illustrated by J.E. Duggins. 1924. HARRIS (MARY DORMER).
349298 - Historic Warwickshire. 2nd edition edited and revised by Joseph Hill (containing reference to the history of Birmingham) Illus. 1893. BURGESS (JOSPEH TOM).
365659 - Warwickshire County Book. Short description of the County of Warwick and isolated parishes of adjoining counties, rules of the quarter sessions, etc. (including references to Birmingham under Boroughs, Boundaries, and Police) 1900, 1914 and 1924. (Warwick) 3 volumes. 1900-1924.
367875 - Warwickshire. Being a concise topographical description of the county of Warwick, from the elaborate work of Sir W. Dugdale etc. Port. Illus. Map. (Coventry) 1817 NOTE :- Revised edition. Published and printed by John Turner jun.. DUGDALE (Sir WILLIAM).
374501 - BURMAN (J) The story of Tanworth-in-Arden, Warwickshire. Ports. Illus. Map.
379619 - Warwickshire (including a description of Birmingham) Illus. Maps. Plans. (The Little Guides) (3rd edition) Completely revised by P.B. Chatwin. 1930. COX (JOHN CHARLES).
384927 - Warwickshire. (with references to Birmingham). Illus. Maps. Dgms. (Cambridge County Geographies). (Cambridge) 1916. BLOOM (Rev. JAMES HARVEY).
401837 - Compendium of county history : Warwickshire. With references to Birmingham. From The Gentleman's Magazine. January 1825. T. (S.).
402019 - Warwickshire County Book. A handbook covering the various administrative activities of the County of Warwick. Compiled by L.E. Stephens. Including references to Birmingham as a County Borough, its boundaries, Parliamentary representation etc. (Warwick) Maps. 1933. STEPHENS (LEON EDGAR).
410630 - An epitome of the county of Warwick. Containing a brief account of the towns, villages and parishes. With references to Birmingham. 1835. SHARP (THOMAS).
410670 - Burgess (J.T.) Historic Warwickshire. Containing reference to the history of Birmingham. Illus. 1876 NOTE - This copy contains 10 plates. History of Birmingham.
411780 - Gleanings from Warwickshire history. Illus. Genealogical charts. 1933. BURMAN (JOHN).
425232 - Old Warwickshire families and houses (with chapters on Aston Hall and the Holte family and Birmingham newspapers). Illus. Pedigrees. 1934. *BURMAN (JOHN).
425233 - Old Warwickshire families and houses (with chapters on Aston Hall and the Holte family and Birmingham newspapers). Illus. Pedigrees. 1934. *BURMAN (JOHN).
436276 - Warwick County Records. Vol. 1 --. Ports. Illus. (Warwick) 1935 -- Vol. 1 Quarter Sessions Order Book, Easter 1625, to Trinity 1637. Edited with introduction by S.C. Ratcliff and H.C. Johnson. With a foreword by Lord Hanworth. Warwickshire County Council, Records Committee.
437002 - Notes on some Warwickshire buildings. Compiled mainly for survey purposes. Including Birmingham churches, Aston Hall and Pype Hayes Hall. Typescript. 1935. LLOYD (LEWIS).
442055 - Warwickshire (including a description of Birmingham) Illus. Maps. Plans. (The Little Guides) (2nd edition) 1923. COX (JOHN CHARLES).
447923 - Warwickshire. With a chapter on Birmingham. Illus. Map. 1936. LISLE (JOHN).
449453 - Wootton Wawen : its history and records (with references to Birmingham). Ports. Illus. Map. Plans. (Leeds) 1936. COOPER (WILLIAM) F.S.A..
458658 - Warwickshire: Shakespeare's country. With a description of Birmingham. (The King's England) Illus. Maps. 1936. MEE (ARTHUR) Works edited by.
460076 - Historic Warwickshire (containing reference to the history of Birmingham) Illus. 1876 NOTE :- contains 9 plates. BURGESS (JOSEPH TOM).
463346 - Warwickshire delineated : a concise historical and topographical description of that county. With brief biographical sketches of eminent men of Warwickshire. With an account of Birmingham. (Southam) Map. c.1820. SMITH (FRANCIS).
463869 - Some manors, churches and villages of Warwickshire. With an account of Aston Hall and certain old buildings of Coventry. (Coventry City Guild, Memorial Volume) (Coventry) Port. Illus. 1937. HARRIS (MARY DORMER).
469726 - Warwickshire. An illustrated review of the holiday, sporting and commercial interests of the county. With a chapter on Birmingham. By W.R. Bawden, G.L. Dalton, G.H. Parsons and other contributors. With a foreword by Lord Leigh. Edited by H.E. O’Connor. 2nd edition. (E.J. Burrow & Co. Ltd.) (Cheltenham) Map. 1937. Guides.
497708 - The visitors' new guide to the spa of Leamington Priors and its vicinity. Including a sketch of Birmingham. With poetical illustrations serious and comic. (Leamington) Map. Plan. 1818. MONCRIEFF (WILLIAM THOMAS) pseud. (i.e. William Thomas Thomas).
504792 - Reeves (J) The history and topography of West Bromwich and its vicinity. With references to Birmingham and a chapter on Boulton and Watt. Illus. 1836.
533736 - Warwickshire. Being a concise topographical description of the county of Warwick, from the elaborate work of Sir W. Dugdale etc. Port. Illus. Map. (Coventry) 1817 NOTE :- Revised edition. Published and printed by John Turner jun.. DUGDALE (Sir WILLIAM).
659107 - Warwickshire County Book. Short description of the County of Warwick and isolated parishes of adjoining counties, rules of the quarter sessions etc. Including references to Birmingham under Boroughs, Boundaries, and Police. 1883 - 1900; 1907 - 1914; 1924 - 1953. (Warwick) 1883 --.
776593 - Rugby Junction.
779351 - Discovering Warwickshire : [a guide to the county] / [by] George H. Haines.
779390 - Ministers' accounts of the collegiate church of St. Mary, Warwick 1432-85. / Transcribed and edited by Dorothy Styles, with a memoir of Philip Boughton Chatwin by Philip Styles.
781017 - Warwickshire : [a Cotman color book published / by Jarrold and sons Ltd.].
789578 - Bygone Warwickshire.
798528 - Ecclesiastical terriers of Warwickshire parishes. Vol. 2, Parishes Lo to W.
ALV; 776115 - The history of Alvecote / by Peter Edden and Hilary Jones.
ARD; 664268 - In the forest of Arden.
BEA; 382157 - The records of Beaudesert, Henley-in-Arden. Transcribed and edited with notes and an historical introduction by W. Cooper. (with references to Birmingham and a bibliography) (Leeds) Illus. 1931. COOPER (WILLIAM) F.S.A. Works edited by.
BER; 664203 - The church of St. John Baptist, Berkswell : [a guide] / by Rev. A.L. Whitaker [and others].
BIC; 662726 - Discovering Bickenhill / [by] V. H. T. Skipp, assisted by R. P. Hastings. Pref. by H. P. R. Finberg. Illus. by H. R. Boyce.
BID; 798940 - Bidford-on-Avon : design and materials for the locality.
COM; 391682 - Historical notes on Compton Verney church. With references to Vol. 1 of Papers and documents relating to the Verney Family. MSS in the Birmingham Reference Library. (Long Compton) 28pp. 1932. MILLS (ESTHER M.).
COU; 669705 - Coughton Court and the Throckmorton story.
COV; 142211 - Life in an old English town (Coventry); a history of Coventry from the earliest times / comp. from official records, by Mary Dormer Harris.
COV; 663629 - Coventry and Lichfield.
COV; 664630 - Coventry; six hundred years of municipal life / [by] Frederick Smith ...
COV; 766271 - Coventry's town wall / [by] Eileen Gooder.
COV; 777674 - Coventry through the ages: some descriptions of the city, c.1540-1868 / compiled by D. J. H. Smith.
COV; 785675 - Coventry City Charters / [by] A. A. Dibben.
COV; 811935 - Coventry, the tradition of change and continuity.
KEN; 664747 - The ruins of Kenilworth, an historical poem.
KEN; 669249 - Kenilworth Castle / [by] D. F. Renn.
KEN; 786063 - Kenilworth: an historical miscellany / by John H. Drew.
KEN; 807022 - Kenilworth, a manor of the king : [life in old Kenilworth] / [by] J. H. Drew.
LEA; 497708 - Moncrieff (W.T.) pseud. The visitor's new guide to the spa of Leamington Priors and its vicinity. Including a sketch of Birmingham. With poetical illustrations serious and comic. (Leamington) Map. Plan. 1818.
LON; 779685 - Through the Lych gate : [a history of Long Compton, Warwickshire] / with a foreword by Cuthbert Bardsley.
OFF; 781786 - The Offchurch story / by K. T. Swanzy.
ROW; 133986 - RYLAND (J.W.) Records of Rowington etc. Vol. 1. Illus. Map. Arms NOTE - Volume 2 was not printed in Birmingham
RUG; 794568 - Handbook to Rugby and neighbourhood.
SHI; 777026 - The story of Shirley and its church / by John Burman ; rev. and enl. by Kenneth Wilfred Breed (Vicar of Shirley).
SOL; 34271 - Annual reports of the Provident Benefit Club, for Solihull, Yardley, Knowle etc. 1st - 18th (1848-9 -1865-6) 18 volumes.
SOL; 67299 - Solihull. Sketch of Solihull, and its environs. Illus. 32pp.
SOL; 501329 - MALLEY (B) Solihull and the Catholic faith, written on the occasion of the centenary of St. Augustine's Church, Solihull, 1839 - 1939. (Solihull) Ports. Illus. 83pp.
STO; 60114 - The Cistercian abbey of Stoneley-in-Arden, Warwickshire, and its occupants.
STR; 772843 - Stratford-upon-Avon draft town centre map [and report to provide guidance for development in the town centre].
STR; 788672 - Stratford on Avon / by H.W. Tompkins; with illustrations by Edmund H. New.
SUT; 57771 - Bracken (Miss L.) History of the Forest and Chase of Sutton Coldfield, including Erdington etc. Map. 1860. Erdington.
SUT; 57771 - History of the forest and chase of Sutton Coldfield, etc.
SUT; 64599 - Sutton Coldfield. Report of the proceedings of an inquiry directed by the Privy Council, 1855, upon certain petitions for and against the grant of a municipal corporation to the royal town etc. of Sutton Coldfield, with an appendix.
SUT; 182679 - MIDGLEY (W) A short history of the town and chase of Sutton Coldfield. Illus. Maps
SUT; 237094 - COLLINGE (W.E.) Report on Sutton Park presented to the Sutton Coldfield Town Council, 6 March 1912. 16pp
SUT; 332779 - MIDGLEY (W) A short history of the town and chase of Sutton Coldfield. Illus. Maps
SUT; 337830 - Sutton Coldfield (Borough of) List of the council, committees, and officals. Standing orders of the council, bye-laws, and instructions to committees. 24pp. NOTE - Imperfect
TEM; 64021 - SHORT (J) A concise memorial of the establishment at Temple Balsall, county of Warwick, as it was when in occupation of the Knights Templars etc. 21pp.
WAR; 797423 - A portrait of Warwick / [written by Elizabeth Holroyde, with photographs by Geoffrey Clenton, drawings by Rod Walker].
98 - Worcestershire
99 - West Midlands, Black Country
F - Large volumes (folio)
FF - Extra large volumes
p - Pamphlets
pp - Large pamphlets
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